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JW_Halverson:
1.5 oz ginger root (not the powdered stuff)
6 oz sugar
2 T lemon juice
Water to make 2 liters.
Yeast, approximately 1/2 tsp.  (Pasteur Champagne wine yeast works best, but you can use regular bread yeast, too. It just has a yeastier flavor.)

Slice and dice the ginger root as fine as you can, or run thru a grater.  Add to the water and lemon juice.  Heat on the stovetop until it just about comes to a boil.  Cover and allow to steep until it reaches room temperature.  Strain thru a piece of muslin or several layers of cheesecloth. Sprinkle yeast across the surface and allow it to dissolve.  Whisk to aerate, the yeastie-boys will need a little oxygen to kickstart. 

Pour into a 2 liter plastic bottle and screw cap down tight.  Let sit at room temp for about 24 hours.  Test the bottle by squeezing.  At first, it will be fairly easy to dent the sides.  By the time it is carbonated, it will be much firmer.  Refrigerate and serve.  Do not store for more than two weeks, even in the fridge the fermentation will continue and pressure will eventually overwhelm the bottle (don't ask me how I know this).

You can adjust the amount of sugar as you like to vary the sweetness.  You can also add more ginger if you like the bite.  I almost double the ginger in this starting point recipe, but it is personal taste.  My next batch will be made with apple cider and ginger, just for kicks and giggles.

chamookman:
Interesting JDub thanks. Bob

Del the cat:
My Mum used to make this in the summer, I think she relied on natural yeast, but it's prob' more reliable to put some in.
I'll have to try adding some ginger to my cider.
Del
On a health and safety note:-
JW, I think you are negligent to advise us to try running through a grater. It's all I can do to get my knuckles to go through, I didn't even get up to my wrist :o

stickbender:
     Thanks J.W., I will definitely have to try that, as I love Ginger ale, but not the @##$##@!! High Fructose Corn Syrup, or Aspartame.
In the Virgin Islands, they sell ginger beer, and it is real ginger.  Not fermented unfortunately.  But I will definitely have to try this.  I don't drink any soda at all.  But I will have to buy some and pour it out, and use the bottle to make this.  Thanks.

                                    Wayne

stickbender:

     Oh, yeah, is that "T" = tablespoon?

                                     Wayne

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